Lenovo Desktop - AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 3800+, 19" LCD Widescreen - $599.99 AR

I've been looking to replace my 7 year old desktop and came across this deal at Office Depot

The Lenovo 3000 J115 (7387-26U) Bundle includes:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ processor operating at 2.0GHz, with Enhanced Virus Protection†
Lenovo L192 19" widescreen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) LCD monitor
2000MHz frontside bus
1.0GB of PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM, upgradable to 2.0GB
250GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
DVD±RW drive lets you burn and play CDs and DVDs, including Double Layer DVD media, with a capacity of 8.5GB per disc.
Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000Base-T) network interface
56K V.92 modem
6 USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 back)
1 parallel port
1 serial port
2 PS/2 ports
nVidia GeForce 6100 graphics with shared video memory
SoundMAX integrated audio
Line-in, headphone/line-out and external microphone jacks (front and back)
Keyboard and optical wheel mouse
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home comes installed. Other software included:

Corel Small Business Center featuring WordPerfect Office 12
roxio RecordNOW Basic Edition
InterVideo WinDVD
InterVideo WinDVD Creator
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Diskeeper Lite
Norton Internet Security (with 90 days of free updates)
PC Doctor
Lenovo Care tools
Google
Google Toolbar
Google Desktop
Picasso from Google
The Lenovo 3000 J115 (7387-26U) Bundle is backed by the manufacturer's 1-year limited warranty on parts and labor.

$849.99
250.00 Rebates
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$599.99

I went at looked at it today. Looks like a nice setup. Very nice looking WS LCD panel too. I will probably get one tomorrow unless I find something better. 1st time poster. YMMV

I selfishly listed this deal in an effort to help determine if it's "hot or not". I really need a new desktop. Please tell me if this is a good deal, or a steaming pile. Thanks

cold indeed

u can buy a Dell pc w/ same config at $399 (no lcd). btw no rebate from Dell

not exactly. u can get 1gb pc2 4200

wolfort said: do you mean this one?

Dimension e521 Athlon X2 3800+ (Dual Core), 512 DDR2, 160GB SATA, DVD-ROM, Windows XP Home, Geforce, No Monitor $399

yager said: u can buy a Dell pc w/ same config at $399 (no lcd). btw no rebate from Dell

yager said: not exactly. u can get 1gb pc2 4200

Link please?

go to SD, search "Dell e521". if I am correct, the lowest was 379.99.

I think this is an O.K. deal, but if you are patient, I have a feeling that your patience will be rewarded pretty soon (i.e.: Vista release).

Fauntleroy said: Frankly, I don't see the sense in buying a Windows PC right now. Why not wait a little while until Microsoft caves in to the manufacturers and provides a free Vista upgrade with a new PC purchase this fall. I predict this offer will begin on or around November 15, so there's not much longer to wait. Even if MS fails to deliver on the free upgrade offer, you should still sit tight and wait for Vista because I suspect the upgrade from XP to Vista ain't gonna be very fun for most users.

There's a million reasons some don't want to wait.
#1 XP is rock solid (so is win 2k to many of us), so why wait for a new OS?
#2 some people really "need" a new machine right now. (7 years old he said!!!)
#3 DX 10 is going to be a huge upgrade and many people are not going to want a 1000w power supply to support their new DX 10 video card.

PhatWhallet,
This IBM deal is a good one. Everyone wines and moans about the Snell super deals, but I'll tell you that my company now has about 80% IBMs and they are ROCK solid. Ours are all P4 systems, but I doubt there's much quality difference between the Intel and the AMD systems made by Lenovo.
They have a well designed screwless case that's easy to get into and easy to change the HDD. Don't expect much in the way of upgradeability though unless they've changed the design of the case. There's no real extra HDD mounting locations, but the cases I have allow for a 2nd 5.25" (CD/DVD) drive. There are 2 3.5" mounts so if you opt for no floppy you could probably mount a 2nd drive in it's location, but with a floppy mounted you'd have the 2nd drive stacked on top of the floppy with no room between the 2. You'd have a serious heat problem with the drive mounted that way so you should avoid it.

I just bought this system after considerable research. It came with the promise of a Vista upgrade for the cost of the media (about $10). I priced the Mobo, CPU, and Memory as being worth $300-350 and the monitor at $241. Dell didn't beat this price when I tried it. The base price without monitor on the Lenovo site was $699.

2.00 GHz, 1 MB cache, 738726U 7387-26U 699
1024 MB memory(10), 250 GB HDD,
Windows XP-Home, DVD Recordable,
Modem, External speakers, USB
Memory Card Reader, Corel Small
Business Center

Anyway, I have 14 days to return it. I was concerned that it only has two pci slots. The only disturbing thing I read was about some DOA experiences with this system. Also, OD stinks when it comes to price matches or using the competitions coupons on their stuff and most of their coupons exclude tech. I plan to upgrade the power supply, add one or more additional hard drives, add a DVD ROM, and pull the modem to leave room for useful cards on the PCI slots. I might add a second video adaptor to the PCI-E slot (I think I noticed this slot when I opened the case). The monitor, Vista upgrade, OK speakers included, 250gb SATA hard drive, and five open drive bays made this deal seem good to me. If you don't like the case, just move everything into the FAR Ultra Wizard case from Fry's.

this deal is back at OD. this time with free vista upgrade. does any1 know ....

1)how long it takes for these OD rebates to come in?

2)if this system will accept a good video card ... like maybe a PCI x16 7900 GS or something?

3)any better deals out there than this?

They had this deal on BF for 499AR. Anyone with any insight on their Lenovo desktop and OD rebates?

>1.0GB of PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM
DDR2 4200 (533 Mhz) is slow. Don't buy it for playing games.
AM2 processor needs DDR2-6400 (800 Mhz) to run at full speed.